I'm from the ATL area myself now, moved here about a year and a half ago. For travel rods in this area I actually sold the rod I had previously and got a Triumph. Mainly because my old right was a bit less of a back bone, and theres plenty of situations around here where you can end up throwing into some slop without realizing it from the bank. I think the Triumph will be your best bet.

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Cabelas has the Tourney Trail/Pflueger President combo on sale for $49.88.... However, the 2 7 footers they have are either 2 piece Medium or 1 piece Medium Light. The latter would be nice to throw in the trunk if it weren’t for it being 1 piece.

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I'm from the ATL area myself now, moved here about a year and a half ago. For travel rods in this area I actually sold the rod I had previously and got a Triumph. Mainly because my old right was a bit less of a back bone, and theres plenty of situations around here where you can end up throwing into some slop without realizing it from the bank. I think the Triumph will be your best bet.

So far , the best 2 piece , ML , Fast spinning rods I could find are a TW (banned) 6'10 ML , Fast , Fenwick HMG series 7' ML , Fast and the above mentioned St. Croix Triumph 2 piece ... In 1 piece ned rig spinning rods there are more options - I like the Lew's 6'7" ML spinning rod specific for a Ned Rig but as previous posters stated , just about any 6'6" to 7'6" ML / M , Fast / Extra Fast spinning rod would work ... Looks like I'll be heading to the local Cabela's to check out the two piece St. Croix Triumph spinning rod !